Recent content by totolos

Well, I can finally say that 18 days after I opened the pool, my SLAM is complete. Fortunately, I was able to open the cover for most of the day today and my evening reading came back with CC of 0.5. So now that the third criteria has been met, I'm letting it drift back down to normal levels...

In case future readers in the same situation want to see how this resolves, I will say that today, at day 17, the water looks clear. Since I have had 3 days in a row with OCLT <= 1.0 ppm, I have passed 2 out of the 3 criteria for the SLAM process. My current goal is to knock down the Combined...

I scrubbed around the lights but did not actually remove them since I've never done that and didn't want to break anything. Do these things simply screw off? How about wires, etc? As for the cover, I just can't keep it open overnight because of safety concerns. We live in a suburban...

So I've done a few things, all of which have likely contributed to some progress. Cleaned the cartridge filter which wasn't really that dirty but some of the plumbing was not as tight as it could have been. Brushed and vacuumed the pool daily, even though no visible need to do so. Opened the...

Hey Dustin, Thanks for chiming in. I do not have a ladder but I do have a few lights that I didn't think of when looking for niches. I will do a little extra scrubbing around them today. Based on this thread, I suspect that my lack of attention to daily brushing might have something to do with...

Yeah, I did just add a little bit of clarifier a few days ago to see if any change of cloudiness would be observed. Nothing changed, by the way. I also did it since I planned to open my filter this weekend to make sure there were no leaks causing filter bypass ... and I'd clean them off in the...

It sounds like I need to brush more. Will do. I have a Jandy cartridge filter with 4x 340 cylinders inside. The pressure never deviates from the 15 psi, the "Clean setting". Maybe that makes sense since it's only been 2 weeks of cloudy cleanup? I have transferred my meticulous spreadsheet notes...

Since I thought I was doing things the TFP way, I could use a pointer where you think I'm deviating. I have turned off the SWG now and will continue to log FC, TC, and added chlorine. What else should I be doing? Oh, I do have one admission. I only brush the walls of the pools every 2-3 days...

Hey Allen, I am testing FC with a 10ml sample. As for pH, it was 6.8 before I started slam. I added 4 lbs of Borax which would have brought it up to 7.0 but I didn't test it again until the slam was underway. So you are probably right that pH is reading high at 7.2. I turn off the SWG every...

Hi All, I am a relatively new pool owner and have used TFP exclusively for all my pool chemistry education. We have a saltwater, fiberglass pool with an autocover which stays closed 99% of the time. This spring is only my second time to open our pool. Last year, we opened to a perfectly clear...